Hoppee and shoe foe geain dbills



(No Model.)

W. P. HOYT. HOPPER AND SHOE POR GRAIN DRILLS.

- No. 44 ,881. Patented Mar. 24,1891.

WITNESSES new 'NITED STATES- \VILL. F. HOYT, OF DO XVAGIAC, MICHIGAN.

HOPPER 'AN D SHOE FOR GRAIN-DRILLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,861, dated March24:, 1891.

Application filed October 16, 1890. Serial No. 368,347. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ILL. F. HOYT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dowagiac, in the county of (lass and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Hopper and Shoe forGrain-Drills; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specifica- 'tion.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a hopper andshoe for graindrills; and it consists in a certain construction andarrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully set forth, the essentialfeatures of which being pointed out particularly in the claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a hopper and shoe whereby thegrain may be fed perfectly into the furrow formed by the shoe, that willprotect the grain from being blown away by side winds before enteringthe furrow, and that will prevent the heel of the shoe from becomingchoked with dirt and obstructing the flow of the grain. This object isattained by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved hopper and shoe andthe draft-rods attached to the forward end of the shoe. Fig. 2 is acentral vertical longitudinal section through Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aperspective View of same, showing the hopper removed from the shoe. Fig.4: is a perspective view of the rear portion of the hopper and shoe, aportion of the heel of the shoe being broken away, showing theseed-channel in the rear face of the shank of the hopper and the openingthrough the hopper communicating therewith.

. Referring to the letters of reference, A indicates the hopper orseed-delivery tube, the

lower end of which is provided with the horizontally-extending nose andthe vertical shank D, said shank being V-shaped in crosssection bothvertically and horizontally to conform to the hollow of the shoe, saidhopper also having the seed-opening f, passing therethrough, terminatingwith the channel a in the rear face of the shank D, as shown in Figs. 2and 4.

B indicates the shoe, which is provided with an opening I) in the rearedge and end to receive the shank D of the hopper, which is securedtherein by the rivet e passing through the holes 1) in the sides of theshoe and the hole v in the shank, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Theshoulders t on each side of the shank D and the extended nose 2, restingupon the upper edge of the shoe, as shown in Fig. hafford a firm bearingfor the hopper and assist in retaining said parts securely in place.

0 indicates the draft-rods of the shoe, which are riveted to the forwardend thereof, as shown at s, which is common.

It will be seen 011 looking at Figs. 1 and 3 that the heel of the shoehas two angles at and 2!, respectively, the upper angle 11 extendingrearward from the base of the hopper and the lower angle to extendingforward to the extreme point c' of the heel. This construction of theheel forms the side wings c, that extend on each side of theseed-channel Ct in the shank D, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and protectthe grain from side Winds when passing from the opening f in the hopperto the furrow formed by the shoe, enabling the grain to be sown inperfect rows even in a strong wind, which would be impossible withoutsaid protecting-wings. It will also be seen that the channel a in theshank D inclines slightly rearward, which formation, in conjunction withthe lower angle it of the heel of the shoe, throws the point i'of theheel slightly in advance of the discharge-point o of the grain, wherebythe heel of the shoe, when dropp ng, after passing over an obstruction,is prevented from choking with dirt and impeding the flow of the seed.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the hopper having the horizontal nose, thevertical central shank V-shaped in cross-section, thehorizontally-projecting shoulders, and the vertical grain -openingterminating with the rearwardly-inclined channel-discharge in the rearof the shank, of the shoe, the opening in its rear upper face, and theshank of the hopper filling said opening, the shoe being riveted to theshank and having the angle portions a 11 forming side wi n gs to thegrain-discharge, snhsi'antially as specified.

5 prising the hopper having the side overhanging flanges i and centralshank V-shaped in riveted thereto, said shoe having the side wings, saidwings having the angles a n, and

i the draft-rods attached to the front of the shoe, 2. A hopper and shoefor grain-drills, 00111- ing passing through the hopper andtei'niihating with the rcarWai'dly-inclined channel j 10 formed in theshank, combined with the shoe substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in i5 presence of twoWitnesses. cross-section with hole therein, the seed-open- WILL. F.IIOYT.

Witnesses:

O. A. PATTISON, A. VANUXENE.

